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...Airport last week, Bob Toth. a wan and bleary-eyed traveler, stepped from a commercial airliner into the arms of his tearful mother and sister. The murder charge still hung over him, and he remained in Air Force custody, but he had won the first round of the toughest tug of war in years between civilian and military authorities...
...hesitantly approached the post-truce political conference to try to settle the future of Korea, the U.S. was being jerked and stretched like a hawser in a great diplomatic tug...
Eddie's life has been a curious mingling, yet tug of war, between Boston and Ireland. He came from County Clare to Boston Latin School at the age of 15. After gradation he worked for the Post as a night office boy. "The Post had a wonderful free and easy setup," he recalls. "Any kid off the streets could get space for a colorful story." During the day he went to Suffolk Law School. In three years he had worked up to a reporter's job, and then, "when I heard they had made me a reporter I quit...
...midst of the tug of war, Judge Stone delivered some obiter dicta that outraged every Texan. "I've never known a Northern woman to marry one of those Southern gentlemen," he said, "but what she got it in the neck. Some of them would as soon beat a woman as they would a horse." Said Bob Conley: "I never beat a horse...
...back in Bremen, where police took the precaution of disabling her engines. Then they threw at Owner Mardin just about every charge in the maritime code book: speeding, dangerous passing, scraping a dock, steaming without lights, failing to give signals or obey traffic regulations, cutting a tug adrift and violating Germany's customs, passport, currency and ship clearance regulations. For all that, the police inspector could not down his admiration. "I must offer my highest praise for your brilliant navigational maneuvers," said he handsomely. Replied Hasim Mardin, with a bow: "I must return the compliment. Your officials...